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Steve Gray
Steve Gray
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Re: Neolithic Rope!
Sep 17, 2003, 09:46
From a H&S viewpoint we would probably have to exceed the estimated breaking strain by a considerable margin.

If, for example, it was thought that a 2" neolithic rope would have been up to the job, then we should use a 2" modern rope whose breaking strain will be considerably more, thus satisfying H&S, but its handling characteristics should be somewhat similar. I think this would be better than using a 1" rope with a similar breaking strain.
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